Gold Star Classroom

Season 1, Episode 22

In today’s class, we turn our attention to theology, and the difference between the Immaculate Conception and the Virgin Birth, two topics lay people and students often confuse.  Do you know which US presidents have the been the object of assassination attempts?  And which US president once gave a speech with a newly lodged bullet in his chest?  (Clue:  he is your instructor’s favorite president!)  Hopefully these grades will not also suffer assassination, and one of these students will find themselves alive, well, and the winner of today’s Golden Banana!

Season 1, Episode 21

Americans are famous for their lack of knowledge about world geography, do YOU know what border has the most crossings per year?  The grades will be especially harsh if these students don’t know anything about one of the USA’s closest allies!  Sports fans watch ESPN every day, but what do you really know about it?  And young ladies, lovers, and Frenchmen love flowers, but here’s an odd question:  which came first, flowers or dinosaurs??  Flowers may indeed blossom, but if these grades don’t flourish how will I, you’re humble professor, pick one to receive the coveted classroom prize, The Golden Banana? 

Season 1, Episode 20

Pluto is not a planet anymore??  Then what the heck is it?  For all intensive purposes, all intensive purposes is actually an eggcorn of all intents and purposes.  And what is the difference between an eggcorn and a malapropism?  Do you have a ZIP code?  Yes, you do, but do you know what it means?  This is the first class in which each one of my questions has a comedian mascot!  What the heck, bonus points for anyone who can come up with an eggcorn for the Golden Banana will win it! 

Season 1, Episode 19

Do you have top secret clearance??  In fact, so many people in this country do have it, maybe you do and don’t even realize it!!  Find out what our students know about security clearances, and whether or not we have to kill them after (or, at least flunk them!).  Also, the Eiffel Tower is one of the most famous structures in the world—but what do you REALLY know about it?  In the end, one of these fine students will win the coveted classroom prize, the Golden Banana (but are we allowed to tell you who it is?).

Season 1, Episode 18

These students will discuss the recessive paradox of giving constructive criticism about giving constructive criticism.  They also answer questions about the truth behind the urban legend of a munchkin suicide in the Wizard of Oz?  Other topics include rate of digestion and how to read a map correctly.  Which student will distinguish themselves enough to win the coveted classroom prize, the Golden Banana? 

Season 1, Episode 17

Who supposedly “took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks”?  Don’t know?  Neither did these students!  Do you know when and where batteries were first invented?  NO?  Neither did these students!!  Before modern psychology and medicine Europe had the theory of the four humours.  Can you name them, and their supposed effects??  Don’t worry, neither can these students.  In what might be a first, the Professor has to make a life changing decision, Whether or not any of these students have earned the right to claim the coveted classroom prize, the Golden Banana. 

Season 1, Episode 16

The Professor shares one of his pet peeves with the students: is noon 12am or 12pm??? The correct answer may surprise and annoy you! If hard questions make you “thor” how will hard questions about Thor make you feel? And what do these students know about the most famous painting of all time, including “What is the most famous painting of all time?” Based on their answers to these and other questions, one of these students is sure to win the coveted classroom prize, the Golden Banana.

Season 1, Episode 15

The only thing scarier than zombies is test questions about zombies.  And the only thing scarier than test questions about zombies is students who don’t even know basic traffic laws.  Do you know why traffic signs are colored the way they are??  Hmmmm?  Well, do you?  Well, find out if any of today’s students do, too, and if any of them will get a grade high enough to earn them the coveted classroom prize, the Golden Banana. 

Season 1, Episode 14

In this quiz we will find out what you know about the time of dinosaurs.  Hopefully more than these students do!  Also, do you have any idea how much junk is in orbit around our precious blue orb??  If not, you won’t be getting a very good grade.  Listen to these eager young learners as they compete for the coveted classroom prize The Golden Banana. 

Season 1, Episode 13

Are you a “geek” or a “nerd”?  By the end of this class, you’ll know.  Do you know what man-made structure can be seen from space?  No you don’t, and neither does Trivial Pursuit.  And, the coveted classroom prize the Golden Banana is on the line as student’s test their knowledge of Shakespeare Trivia.